LOCAL HISTORY ARTICLES
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The ChurchThere is a big church. Her name is Notre Dame des Marais because it was built on the marsh in the 15th century. Some people called it the cathedral. It was built in gothic flamboyant style. The church windows are the most beautiful.
The City Door During the hundred years war, English soldiers besieged la Ferté-Bernard. French people prayed to Mother Mary and she appeared to them in the city door Since this day a statue was sculptured in city door. The city door served to protect la Ferté-Bernard. It is made of two towers, by a covered way and a drawbridge.
Halle(market) It served as a market . It is situatued in the low city . It's constituted, inside, of three parts . _the wheat market _the cloth market _the material market In the side, there is a statue of St Louis . In front of the "Halle" a lot of people were killed in a tournament . Today the "Halle" serves as a banqueting hall .
Floods In 1994 , at LA FERTE BERNARD , there was an inundation The rain made huge disasters . Homes were flooded and the streets too ; the river over flowed . It was impossible to move by car . Our school was closed for two days. It was very good for us (!) but not for the population . The ducks swam on the parking lot, the catastrophy was in the news papers and the T.V . The fireman moved on boat on the street with the population. It lasted for two weeks ..... It caused a lot of damage . We needed to repair the electricity , homes, and the shops .It's an event which has marked the population . ARTEC Every year, there is an art and technology festival which represents a lot of pupils from primary, secondary and high schools. Last year, the theme was football. Teams must make robots. These robots confront other schools' robots in a football match. They must pick up balls on a table of four by two meters and throw them in the opposing goal. But for secondary schools it's simpler. We must follow a black line and recover tennis balls and lodge those in a hole at the end of the circuit. La Fracture Du Myocarde We are going to introduce a film that is called La Fracture Du Myocarde . This is a film that was shot in La Ferte Bernard. It's interesting because it was shot in our school and there are famous French actors such as Dominique Lavanant. The story is very interesting for us because it can happen in real life. The real teachers and pupils are playing in the film too. Martin is the hero who is 12 years old. He wants to hide from everybody that his mother suddenly died from a disease. The pupils of the school wrote a song which was in the film. By Hafid: 17 years old, Julie: 15 years old, Aurélien: 14 years old, Guillaume: 14 years old, Noémie: 15 years old, Géraldine :15 years old The Grand Prix Texte réalisé par un groupe d'élèves de la classe de 3ème C du collège Val d'Huisne La Ferté-Bernard 72400 (Sarthe).The Mans is 375 miles from Paris. It's the "prefecture" of the Sarthe (a department). It's a very important city, famous for its "rillettes". They are a big circuit, that is called "Bugatti". We chose about a race of cars which is very important in France. The first "grand prix" started in 27 June 1906. At first it took place in le Mans, St Calais, la Ferté-Bernard. At the origin it's a race of speed. In 1922 the idea of an endurance race was born thanks to Georges Durand. In May 1923 the race started in the name "24 heures du Mans". In 1939 the "24 heures du Mans" stopped because the war broke out it started again in 1949. Robert Garnier Our high school's name is "Robert Garnier".Robert Garnier was a playwright so we are going to talk about him. He lived between 1544 and 1590 in "La Ferte Bernard".He's a French playwright ,one of the most important of the 16th century. He was first a lawyer then became known in literature thanks to a collection of poems .He dropped lyric poetry to give himself to the tragic style.He was inspired by Roman History and the old testament. "Les Juives" was his master piece. "Bradamante" was one of the first to mix comedy and tragedy. His theatre is dark. Garnier's tragedies annouced to the public the end of the Religious wars between Protestants and Catholics (which were very important n France).This is an example of a play; Bradamante:(it's in old French) Hippolaque -Pucelle qui a peu d'hommes pareils à elle. Bradammante -Il a sous cest espoir son voyage entrepris. by Claire Cornuaille ,Vanessa Paumier ,Manon Riffaud 3c |
